Despite the revisions, the FIFA rankings tend to over-rate the USA and Mexico, because they are the only good teams in the CONCACAF qualifying group and tend to rack up a lot of points for beating very weak sides such as Suriname or Nicaruga. It also seems to under-rate South American teams somewhat, because their qualifying group is very hard.
Basically, most people don't take the FIFA rankings very seriously. Most knowledgable fans will know that Greece are not the 12th best team in the world, that Paraguay are much better than the 30th, that Israel are not superior to the Ivory Coast, etc.
Despite the revisions, the FIFA rankings tend to over-rate the USA and Mexico, because they are the only good teams in the CONCACAF qualifying group and tend to rack up a lot of points for beating very weak sides such as Suriname or Nicaruga. It also seems to under-rate South American teams somewhat, because their qualifying group is very hard.
Basically, most people don't take the FIFA rankings very seriously. Most knowledgable fans will know that Greece are not the 12th best team in the world, that Paraguay are much better than the 30th, that Israel are not superior to the Ivory Coast, etc.
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May-18-2010 22:28
nita
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BRAZIL BRAZIL
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May-19-2010 00:45
JorisC
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IMO The favourites are :
1. Spain & Brazil
2. England & Argentina
3. The Netherlands, Italy & Germany
4. France, Ivoary Costs, Portugal.
and then the others.....
i'll be rooting for France(obv) & the Netherlands.....
May-23-2010 11:38
Renzo
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I think it'll be a Spain-Brazil final.
May-25-2010 19:04
BassHunter
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1. England
2. Argentina
3. Spain
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May-25-2010 19:09
Renzo
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I'm most interested to see how Argentina will do. Tevez didn't do much last time around, but I expect this time to be different.
May-26-2010 17:50
Red Sunset
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Location: England
Argentina v Italy in the final IMO
I haven't checked out the full list of fixtures so I'm not sure if they can meet before the final.
May-26-2010 18:03
Lira
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Location: Brasilia, Brazil
Here are my predictions:
1) Netherlands
2) Germany
3) England
4) Portugal
I don't have the heart to support Brazil both against England AND the Netherlands
quote:
Originally posted by Red Sunset
Argentina v Italy in the final IMO
I haven't checked out the full list of fixtures so I'm not sure if they can meet before the final.
They probably will.
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Jun-01-2010 04:50
woscar
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quote:
Originally posted by Renzo
I think it'll be a Spain-Brazil final.
I don't think Brazil's going to go that far this year. As for Spain, I sure hope so! They have the best team they've ever had, all they have to do is not choke.
